University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

College of Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Faculty

Philip T. Krein

Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Grainger Center for Electric Machinery and Electromechanics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Visiting Reader
University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Past President
IEEE Power Electronics Society

B.S., A.B. 1978, Lafayette College
M.S., 1980, Ph.D. 1982, University of Illinois

Areas of Interest:

Analysis, control, and design approaches for power electronic systems

Modeling and control of electrical machinery

Applications of electrostatics

Portable and spacecraft power

Electric and hybrid vehicle systems

E-mail:

Phone:

+1 (217) 333-4732

Fax:

+1 (217) 333-1162

Address:

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

341 William L. Everitt Laboratory

1406 West Green Street

Urbana, Illinois 61801

U.S.A.

Additional Information:

Prof. Krein joined the faculty in 1987. He was in industry prior to that time.

He introduced the modern power electronics curriculum, and developed

classroom and laboratory courses. Since 1992, he has been a

Faculty Advisor to the University's Advanced Electric Vehicle Program,

and has worked with large student teams on hybrid and solar cars.

From 1997-98, he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Surrey.

He is a Past President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society.